TEHRAN/WASHINGTON - A single message posted on X early Saturday morning crystallised a diplomatic standoff that has been simmering since the guns largely fell silent across the Gulf region last…
IRAN: How Iran’s ‘Deterrence Through Punishment’ Shook Trump’s Fragile Ceasefire, From The UN To The Persian Gulf.
TEHRAN - The predawn quiet of the Northern Arabian Sea was shattered again on Friday. At roughly 3:40 a.m. local time, an Iranian fast-attack craft of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
IRAN: Strait Of Hormuz On A Knife-Edge: Inside Iran’s ‘Deterrence Through Punishment’ And The Unravelling Of Trump’s Ceasefire.
The predawn quiet of the Sea of Oman was shattered again on Friday. According to maritime security sources and local witnesses, a tense standoff unfolded at the mouth of the…
IRAN-US: Iran Calls Washington’s Media Bluff On Tehran Talks As US-Israeli Pressure Campaign Faces Collapse.
TEHRAN/WASHINGTON, 7 MAY 2026 — The Persian Gulf this spring is a powder keg wrapped in a narrative war. In the month since a shaky two-week ceasefire between the United…
CHINA-IRAN: China Blasts ‘Illegitimate’ War On Iran As It Hosts FM Araghchi.
China has hosted Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for talks in Beijing, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi calling the US-Israeli war on Tehran “illegitimate” and urging a complete ceasefire.
Gaza: Paramedic, A Child Among Six Killed In Israeli Attacks Across Gaza Strip.
GAZA STRIP — In a pattern that has become both commonplace and invisible to much of the world, Israeli forces killed at least six Palestinians across the Gaza Strip over…
LEBANON: Jibshit Under Fire: Israeli Strikes Kill Civilians As A “Ceasefire” Turns To Ash, And White Phosphorus Falls On Southern Lebanon
JIBSHIT, NABATIEH GOVERNORATE – The asphalt is still warm in the al-Jabal neighbourhood. A family home has been turned into a crater. Rescue workers, their hands wrapped in tape, sift…
IRAN: Inside Iran’s Hormuz Strategy – Security Protocols As Leverage Over Global Trade Artery.
"An Iranian deputy defence minister says the country would allow passage through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf after the conclusion of the US-Israeli aggression under protocols that protect…
IRAN: Violations, Threats, Blockade Main Obstacle To Genuine Talks Says President Pezeshkian.
TEHRAN, WASHINGTON - The diplomatic channel between Tehran and Washington, fragile at the best of times, has devolved into a vortex of accusation, contradiction, and what Iranian officials are calling…
IRAN: Strait Of Hormuz Closed Again – Iran’s Distrust Of US-Israeli Deception Fuels Escalation Amid Failing Lebanon Ceasefire.
TEHRAN - The rapid reversal of Iran’s position on the Strait of Hormuz, from reopening to reimposing strict military control within hours, has exposed not only the fragility of the…
